The Association of Literary Scholars and Critics (ALSC) has extended thesubmissions deadline for its seminar on "The Personal Voice in LiteraryCriticism," which is part of the 2006 ALSC Conference Program.

The submissions deadline for this seminar has been extended to June 30.

Additional prospective members and current members alike are heartilyinvited to apply.

Please see below for details.

Seminars

The 2006 Conference in San Francisco will continue the tradition establishedin 2004 of offering seminars designed to increase participation of themembership in the conference and give them another excellent reason forattending. Modeled on what has worked successfully for such organizations asthe Shakespeare Association of America and the Modernist StudiesAssociation, these three seminars will each be led by a distinguished memberof the Association.

Each seminar will have fifteen (15) guaranteed places, and each personaccepted for a seminar will receive an official letter of invitation to theconference and will be listed in its program. Seminar participants willwrite brief position papers (2-4 pages maximum, double-spaced), and willcirculate their papers to the other participants and read all the papersprior to the conference. The listing of the titles in the conference programshould help participants obtain travel funding for the conference from theirhome colleges and universities. Senior scholars are eligible to apply forthese seminars, but graduate students and junior faculty especially areencouraged to do so; and we hope that senior scholars and others will spreadthe word and encourage their graduate students and junior colleagues toapply. The three seminars will run concurrently. Those admitted asparticipants in each seminar will participate in the actual discussion, butanyone at the conference is welcome to attend one of the seminars as anauditor-not a participant-provided there is sufficient room. Details onsubmission of abstracts are given above and on the topics of the seminarsbelow.

Submission form and deadline. A few places remain in seminars one and two,and the deadline for both is hereby extended to June 30, with applicantsadvised to send in their abstracts as soon as possible. Abstracts should beno longer than a paragraph or half a page. They should be submitted only bye-mail, to both (1) the chair of the panel or seminar and (2) theAssociation's office at alsc_at_bu.edu. On the e-mail's Subject line pleasegive your name and other information in the form, "ALSC 2006, [name of thesession] abstract by [your name]."

Association membership is required for participation in the conference.Student memberships cost $25 (proof of student status is required). Standardnew memberships cost $35 for the first calendar year. For details on how tojoin the ALSC, visit our website at www.bu.edu/literary. Secure online formsfor membership application and conference registration are available there.

Seminar Two: The Personal Voice in Literary Criticism

Chair: James W. Earl (English, University of Oregon).

This seminar will discuss the use (and abuse) of the personal voice inliterary criticism. What limits on self-presentation should we observe inour critical writing? When is the flagrantly subjective voice justified?When does literary criticism become opinion, personal essay, or belleslettres? Who are the best (and worst) examples? Anyone interested inparticipating should send an abstract to James W. Earl, Department ofEnglish, Univeristy of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 (jwearl_at_uoregon.edu)